Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing for Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Studies

edited by

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3915 | Submission Open

Keywords: air–sea interactions; satellite oceanography; ocean surface wind/heat fluxes; satellite/in situ data validation; high-impact weather events; impact studies; uncertainty quantification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)

Advances in Remote Sensing Approaches for Agricultural Monitoring at Field and Regional Scale (Second Edition)

edited by

Jitka Kumhálová

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3786 | Submission Open

Keywords: precision agriculture; photogrammetry; UAV; yield monitoring; crop monitoring; agricultural monitoring; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)

Forest Disturbance Monitoring with Optical Satellite Imagery

edited by Antoine Masse and

Nikolay S. Strigul

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3737 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest disturbance; optical remote sensing; forest degradation; forest monitoring multi-source data fusion; data calibration and validation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Remote Sensing)

Advancements in Deep Learning for Remote Sensing: Exploring Planetary and Earth Observation Applications

edited by

Riccardo La Grassa

and

Ignazio Gallo

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3715 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; earth observation; planetary science; feature detection; mapping; super-resolution; classification

(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)

Remote Sensing Satellites Calibration and Validation: 2nd Edition

edited by Yonghua Jiang,

Mingjun Deng

and Litao Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3511 | Submission Open

Keywords: new calibration method; accuracy of satellite calibration; challenge of satellite calibration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)

Satellite Soil Moisture Estimation, Assessment, and Applications (Second Edition)

edited by

Xiaojun Li

, Lun Gao,

Frédéric Frappart

and

Hui Lu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3418 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface and root-zone soil moisture; passive and active microwaves; SMOS/SMAP/AMSR2/CIMR; vegetation optical depth; evaluation/intercomparison; data assimilation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)

Remote Sensing in Maritime Navigation and Transportation

edited by

David Brčić

,

Mario Bakota

and

Serdjo Kos

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3336 | Submission Open

Keywords: safety of maritime navigation; maritime traffic monitoring; environmental monitoring; vessel tracking and coastal surveillance; GNSS-based maritime navigation and transportation; synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and satellite imagery; navigation systems; port operations optimisation; maritime transportation efficiency; dynamic positioning; polar navigation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)

AI-Enhanced Remote Sensing and Land Surface Modeling for Terrestrial Hydrology and Climate Systems

edited by

Ya Huang

,

Yuyan Zhou

and Qing Yang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3212 | Submission Open

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (AI); land surface model; remote sensing data assimilation; hydroclimatic extremes; climate modeling; human–environment interactions; hydrometeorological variables monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Interpretation and Attribution of Land Subsidence: A Remote Sensing and Machine Learning Perspective

edited by

Alex Hay-Man Ng

,

Linlin Ge

,

Hsing-Chung Chang

and Zheyuan Du

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 3166 | Submission Open

Keywords: land subsidence; remote sensing; machine learning; deep learning; subsidence monitoring; predictive modeling; data fusion; ground deformation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)

Advances in GNSS-Reflectometry and Remote Sensing for Ocean Surface Monitoring

edited by

Xuerui Wu

and

Kaoru Ichikawa

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 3163 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS-R; Beidou; ocean; sea ice; wind speed

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)

Advancing Ocean Observation, Analysis, and Forecasting Through AI-Powered Remote Sensing

edited by Lei Ren,

Indiana A. Olbert

and

Gang Zheng

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 2984 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; artificial intelligence technology; observation; forecast; analysis; reconstruction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)

Applications of UAV Photogrammetric Survey in Smart City and Smart Region

edited by Ka Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2961 | Submission Open

Keywords: structure from motion; route planning; airborne point cloud processing; multi-source data fusion; multi-source data processing; object detection and recognition; image matching; 3D reconstruction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)

Urban Land Use Mapping Using Deep Learning

edited by

Chang Li

,

Rongjun Qin

and Ruisheng Wang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2955 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban land use mapping; deep learning; multi-modal data integration; knowledge graphs; remote sensing; urban environmental monitoring; semantic segmentation; three-dimensional urban modeling; dynamic urban change detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)

Spatio-Temporal Land Surface Temperature Retrieval Based on Ground-Based, Satellite Observations and Artificial Intelligence

edited by

Bo-Hui Tang

, Xiangyang Liu and Tian Hu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2818 | Submission Open

Keywords: land surface temperature (LST); retrieval algorithm; complex terrain; urban area; ground-based observation; artificial intelligence; validation; reconstruction of data under clouds; temporal scale expansion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Multi-Source Remote Sensing for Surface Hydrology

edited by

Xingxing Zhang

and Liguang Jiang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2725 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-source remote sensing; surface water monitoring; satellite altimetry; SWOT mission; GRACE gravimetry; hydrological modeling; AI-based methods; climate change impacts; flood and drought monitoring; transboundary river basins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)

Remote Sensing for Hydrological Management

edited by

Ram L. Ray

and

Gebrekidan Tefera

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2717 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; hydrological monitoring; hydrological extremes; hydrological models; soil moisture; water quality; water management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

State-of-the-Art Remote Sensing in Precipitation and Thunderstorm

edited by

Zhiqun Hu

and

Filomena Romano

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2614 | Submission Open

Keywords: severe convective weather; thunderstorm gale; hail; short term heavy precipitation; nowcasting; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)

Spatiotemporal AI Methods for Atmospheric Remote Sensing

edited by

Qian Liu

and

Manzhu Yu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2359 | Submission Open

Keywords: spatiotemporal AI; remote sensing; atmospheric composition; cloud features; air pollution and aerosols; environmental monitoring; climate and health impacts

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)

From Pixels to Spectra: Towards Generalizable Large Models for Hyperspectral Remote Sensing

edited by Yaxiong Chen, Qingyu Li,

Wuxia Zhang

and

Zhitong Xiong

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2309 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral image processing; spectral–spatial feature extraction; dimensionality reduction; deep learning for HSI; self-supervised learning; spectral unmixing; semantic segmentation; change detection; lightweight models; high-resolution remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)

Deep Learning for Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing: Advancements in Image Classification and Semantic Segmentation

edited by Xiaoyi Wang,

Liguo Wang

, Dayan Guan, Xin He and

Yanzi Shi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 5 articles | Viewed by 2255 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-sensor data fusion; image classification; semantic segmentation; transfer learning; target detection; urban planning; environmental monitoring

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)

Advances in GeoAI with Remote Sensing Imagery for Urban Green Space Mapping and Monitoring

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submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2156 | Submission Open

Keywords: urban green space; GeoAI; remote sensing; deep learning; data fusion; environmental justice; dynamic monitoring; explainable AI; image segmentation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)

State of the Art in Land Cover Classification and Mapping: Building Up Digital Twins of Earth

edited by

Jingxiong Zhang

,

Won-Ho Nam

and

Wangle Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2086 | Submission Open

Keywords: classification; mapping; classification systems; land cover; remote sensing images; scale; resolution; semantics; spectral–spatial–temporal features; phenology; pattern analysis; machine learning; rule bases; accuracy metrics and assessment; uncertainty; confusion matrix; mixed pixels; sampling; reference samples; image interpretation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing for Geospatial Science)

Space Geodesy and Time Transfer: From Satellite to Science

edited by Anja Schlicht and

Pierre Exertier

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1926 | Submission Open

Keywords: GENESIS; reference frames; VLBI; SLR; DORIS; GNSS; time transfer; relativistic geodesy from space; space clocks; moon time scale; systematic errors; collocation; clock ties; troposphere ties; inter-satellite links; satellite constellations in space geodesy; combination of space techniques; ray tracing of weather models; water vapour radiometer; future constellations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)

Advanced AI Technology for Remote Sensing Analysis (Second Edition)

edited by Guangliang Cheng, Shuchang Lyu and

Hossein M. Rizeei

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 4 articles | Viewed by 1860 | Submission Open

Keywords: multi-modality images; image fusion; cross-domain adaptation; visual–linguistic models; multi-modality downstream tasks; remote sensing; pattern analysis; advanced AI technology; image segmentation/detection and change detection

(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)

Remote Sensing for Wildfire Science: Monitoring, Modeling, and Mitigation

edited by

Binbin He

and

Xingwen Quan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1841 | Submission Open

Keywords: fuel; fire regime; wildfire monitoring; wildfire modeling; fire ecology; climate change; carbon cycling; remote sensing; multidisciplinary

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Storms and Floods Analysis Based on the Fusion of Satellite, Meteorological and Ground Station Observation Data

edited by

Jingyu Wang

,

Xiaodong Chen

, Donglian Sun and

Zizhen Dong

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1831 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; flood monitoring; storm tracking; data fusion; extreme event analysis; AI and machine learning; disaster risk reduction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation for Emergency Management)

Remote Sensing for Marine Ecological Research

edited by

Gregory P. Asner

and

Jiwei Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1782 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine ecology; coral reefs; seagrass ecosystems; kelp forests; spatial data science; underwater observations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ocean Remote Sensing)

Multisource Data Fusion and Reasoning in Remote Sensing: From Perception to Decision Making

edited by

Xiangtao Zheng

, Yaxiong Chen and

Hailong Ning

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1779 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing multi-modal learning; vision–language models; multi-modal reasoning; cross-modal alignment; multi-source fusion; reinforcement learning; remote sensing agent systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section AI Remote Sensing)

The Applications of Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning in Atmospheric Radiative Transfer

edited by

Kun Wu

and

Panagiotis Kosmopoulos

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1742 | Submission Open

Keywords: atmospheric radiative transfer; remote sensing detection; machine learning; deep learning; parameterization of physical processes; collaborativeinversion of multi-source

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)

Advances in Deep Learning in the Retrieval of Key Parameters of Agrometeorological Remote Sensing (Second Edition)

edited by

Kebiao Mao

,

Sayed M. Bateni

and Jongmin Park

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1667 | Submission Open

Keywords: surface temperature; near-surface air temperature; surface emissivity; soil moisture; vegetation moisture content; water vapor content; precipitation; LAI; drought and flood

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Multi-, Hyperspectral and SAR Sensing Data for Environmental Monitoring and Natural Hazard Management

edited by

Massimo Musacchio

,

Cristiano Tolomei

,

Maria Teresa Melis

and Federico Rabuffi

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1607 | Submission Open

Keywords: new and consolidated algorithm for product generation; natural risks; geo-resources; time series products; CAL/VAL activities; orbiting and future missions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Hyperspectral Data Analysis of Vegetation and Soil Monitoring

edited by

Kun Shang

, Weichao Sun and

Naichen Xing

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1593 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; spaceborne remote sensing; vegetation parameters retrieval; soil properties mapping; precision agriculture; radiative transfer modeling; machine learning; spectral unmixing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)

Advances in Remote Sensing for Earthquake and Fault Detection

edited by

Ping He

and

Wei Qu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1522 | Submission Open

Keywords: earthquake remote sensing; fault detection; InSAR; seismic hazard assessment; active tectonics; machine learning in geoscience

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)

Hyperspectral and Thermal Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture and Environmental Monitoring

edited by

Salvatore Falanga Bolognesi

and

Oscar Rosario Belfiore

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 1271 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; thermal remote sensing; precision agriculture; environmental monitoring; irrigation management; earth observation; UAV and satellite applications; machine learning in remote sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Application of Satellite Data for Lightning Mapping

edited by

Adonis Ferreira Raiol Leal

and

Dongshuai Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1219 | Submission Open

Keywords: lightning; lightning climatology; spaceborne sensors; forecasting; nowcasting; GLM; LMI; LI; lightning mapping

(This special issue belongs to the Section Atmospheric Remote Sensing)

High-Resolution Mapping and Monitoring of Estuarine Systems Using Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing and Machine Learning

edited by

Carina Lurdes Lopes

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1205 | Submission Open

Keywords: water quality; habitat mapping; unmanned aerial systems; satellites; multispectral sensors; LiDAR; aerial imagery

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Remote Sensing)

Super-Resolution and Reconstruction of Remote Sensing Images

edited by Xiaowen Liu and Yijun Chen

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1149 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; image super-resolution; deep learning; multiscale enhancement; image fusion; multiscale feature; frequency domain

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)

Geohazard Monitoring Based on Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence

edited by Marta Ciążela

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1128 | Submission Open

Keywords: geohazard monitoring; remote sensing; GIS; artificial intelligence; climate-related hazards; data fusion

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)

Advanced Hyperspectral Imaging and AI for Geological Applications

edited by Lizhe Wang, Yingjun Zhao, Fuping Gan and

Ruyi Feng

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1116 | Submission Open

Keywords: hyperspectral imaging; artificial intelligence (AI); machine learning; mineral mapping; ore deposit prediction; geological exploration; landslide detection; environmental geology; anomaly detection; critical minerals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)

Advances in Remote Sensing for Smart Agriculture and Digital Twins

edited by

Lei Hu

,

Li Lin

and

Chen Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1084 | Submission Open

Keywords: remote sensing; GIS; agro-geoinformatics; smart agriculture; digital twin; disaster risk reduction; reproducible EO science; FAIR

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)

Multi-Modal Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation for Crop Type Mapping, Growth, Phenology and Yield Estimation

edited by

Angélica Suárez

,

Andrew Clark

and

Michael Gomez Selvaraj

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1017 | Submission Open

Keywords: agricultural remote sensing; precision agriculture; crop mapping; crop stress; crop phenology; yield prediction; soil monitoring; data fusion; time-series analysis; irrigation management; drought monitoring; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); satellite imagery; hyperspectral and multispectral imaging; LiDAR; machine learning; statistical analysis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)

Monitoring Urban Environment from Space

edited by Yong Xue,

Pinliang Dong

and

Linlin Lu

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 904 | Submission Open

Keywords: land use/land cover change; urban heat island; air pollution mapping; sustainable cities; earth observation; machine learning; multi-sensor fusion; climate resilience; big data analytics; disaster risk assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Urban Remote Sensing)

Dam Stability Monitoring with Satellite Geodesy (Third Edition)

edited by

Antonio Miguel Ruiz Armenteros

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and

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 734 | Submission Open

Keywords: dam; satellite geodesy; remote sensing; GNSS; radar interferometry; InSAR; deformation monitoring; geodetic measurements; geotechnical measurements; infrastructure; earth observation; sensors

(This special issue belongs to the Section Engineering Remote Sensing)

The NASA Land-Cover/Land-Use Change Program: Past Achievements and Current Advances

edited by

Krishna Vadrevu

, Garik Gutman and

Chris Justice

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 705 | Submission Open

Keywords: land-cover/land-use change; long-term monitoring; multi-satellite remote sensing; time series; historical reconstruction; land-change drivers; urbanization; deforestation; agricultural expansion; agricultural abandonment; land degradation; ecosystem services; modeling; digital twins; AI/machine learning; decision support; sustainable land management; natural resource planning

Remote Sensing for Characterization of Fractured Rocks Masses and Landslide Monitoring

edited by

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submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 679 | Submission Open

Keywords: fractured rock masses; groundwater; InSAR; landslides; slope instability; UAV

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Geology, Geomorphology and Hydrology)

Applications of Advanced Computational Technologies and Algorithms for Spatiotemporal Analysis in the Artificial Intelligence Era

edited by Wenwu Tang,

Minrui Zheng

and

Zhengfeng Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 640 | Submission Open

Keywords: big spatiotemporal data; advanced computational technologies and algorithms; spatial analysis and modeling; artificial intelligence applications; land systems

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing for Geospatial Science)

Application of Remote Sensing in Forest and Grassland Fire Management

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submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 618 | Submission Open

Keywords: forest fire; forest and grassland combustibles; forest grassland meteorology; fire hazard; fuel load; fuel moisture content; fire extinguishing; loss assessment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Forest Remote Sensing)

Intelligent Processing Techniques for Monocular and Multi-View Remote Sensing Imagery

edited by Shiqing Wei, Jin Liu and

Muhammad Yasir

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 602 | Submission Open

Keywords: monocular remote sensing; multi-view stereo; intelligent image processing; multi-source data fusion; 3D reconstruction; semantic segmentation; object detection; monocular depth estimation; stereo matching; terrain and urban modeling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Remote Sensing Image Processing)

Geodesy for Geohazards with AI Techniques

edited by

Yunlong Wu

,

Xiang Zhang

and

Yulong Zhong

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | Viewed by 558 | Submission Open

Keywords: GNSS; gravity; InSAR; geodetic observations; geohazards; extreme events; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Earth Observation for Emergency Management)

Precise Parameter Estimation in Remote Sensing Observations: From Satellite Corrections, Atmospheric Delay to Phase Unwrapping

edited by

Baocheng Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 555 | Submission Open

Keywords: parameter estimation ; Earth observation ; satellite correction ; calibration (radiographic calibration/geometric calibration) ; atmospheric delay compensation ; phase unwrapping ; InSAR

(This special issue belongs to the Section Satellite Missions for Earth and Planetary Exploration)

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